District reports strong I‑Ready winter growth; board approves curriculum reimbursements and home instruction

The Freehold Township School District’s curriculum committee reported student progress on winter I‑Ready diagnostics and reviewed a five‑year peer comparison compiled by LinkIt using publicly accessible data. The board approved several curriculum-related agenda items, including home instruction and course reimbursement requests.

Miss Montgomery told the committee that the winter I‑Ready assessment window closes Friday and that students are “demonstrating a very strong growth from fall to winter. Very impressive.” She also reviewed a LinkIt report summarizing five‑year percentile and peer‑comparison data; the committee was told that the district’s third‑ through eighth‑grade students have consistently performed in the 60th to 80th percentiles for English language arts and mathematics in the years reported, while science results fluctuated between roughly the 40th and 60th percentiles.

Following the committee report, a motion was made to move curriculum items as listed; the board approved the items. During the vote some members indicated support and the final voice vote included one recorded abstention.

The LinkIt analysis was described as based on publicly available state data and compares the district to similar groups; the transcript records the committee’s explanation that the report reflects last year’s published data. The board did not amend the district’s curriculum goals during the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript.